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Connelly vs Walkenhorst

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
ConnellyWinner
81.9

Connelly wins: Longevity

Walkenhorst
81.9

Walkenhorst wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Ana Paula Connelly
81.9

Connelly leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic silver medallist in 1996 and a world beach volleyball champion.

1. Ana Paula Connelly
81.9
2. Kira Walkenhorst
81.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

Career timeline · Titles per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Titles per season
1. 🇧🇷 Ana Paula Connelly5 seasons played · career day 1,825387 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Kira Walkenhorst5 seasons played · career day 1,825328 titles
-15.2% vs Connelly at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Connelly0055121387725
🇩🇪 Walkenhorst0050108328688

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricConnellyRetiredWalkenhorstRetired
Olympic medals1
World Championship titles11
World Tour wins207
Olympic Games contested3
Years at the top level1613
Olympic gold medals1
European titles2
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%8894
Longevity w20%8470
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8082

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GOAT Rank · the data
Connelly81.9
Walkenhorst81.9
The people
Connelly
Walkenhorst

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